Consultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals
by Richard Sears, John Rudisill, Carrie Mason-Sears
Though designed for mental health professionals, this book contains a broad
overview of consulting strategies and techniques that will be useful for
executives and consultants from a variety of backgrounds.
This comprehensive, user-friendly text builds on established research and the
authors' vast professional experience to address issues related to doing
consultation with diverse clientele in varied settings. Filled with numerous
exercises, case examples and checklists, as well as detailed guidelines for
carrying out consulting work with individuals, teams, organizations, and other
professionals, Consultation Skills for Mental Health Professionals contains a wealth of information on this important area of practice. It is
designed to arm students and professionals with the tools they need todevelop
or enhance their consultation skills and successfully expand their practices
into this lucrative arena.
Mindfulness in Clinical Practice
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by Richard Sears, Dennis Tirch, Robert B. Denton
Forewords by Lama Surya Das and Steven C. Hayes
This book, forthcoming from Professional Resource Press,
provides an overview of the ways mindfulness is being applied to
clinical practice today.
Praise for Mindfulness in Clinical Practice:
“At a time of surging interest in
the therapeutic possibilities of mindfulness, this important
volume provides clinicians with the vital nuts and bolts details
for incorporating these transformative practices into their
patient care.”
-Zindel Segal, Ph.D., author of
The Mindful Way through Depression.
“This book is essential reading
for any clinician interested in gaining insight into the growing
development of the use of mindfulness-based interventions in
clinical practice. The authors are to be commended for their
clear and pragmatic overview and the thoroughness in which they
cover the underlying principles involved in teaching and working
with mindfulness in the clinical setting. I highly recommend
this book.”
-Susan Woods, MSW, LCSW
"Readers will gain considerable
knowledge and clinical skills in practicing and teaching
mindfulness meditation. Several mindfulness programs designed
to help clients with various clinical problems are included.
The authors are to be commended for putting together this
comprehensive review. I highly recommend it."
G. Alan Marlatt, co-author of
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention
“For a book of its length,
remarkable in both breadth and depth. An excellent resource for
both the novice and the expert in the field.”
-Thomas Bien, Ph.D. Author of:
Mindful Therapy, Mindfulness and the Therapeutic
Relationship, and The Buddha’s Way of Happiness.
Mindfulness in Clinical Practice is a reader’s rare
delight, especially for the hard working therapist who wishes to
become more skillful from the inside out with the practice and
clinical applications of mindfulness meditation in the treatment
room. The authors have masterfully reviewed the work of Jon
Kabat-Zinn, Zindel Segal, Steven C. Hayes, and others to bring
together a fresh and vitalized approach to wed the 2000-year-old
wisdom teachings of the East with contemporary methods of
psychotherapeutic practice. This book is a real gem and a must
have for the tool box for every clinician who desires to both
transform his/her own awareness and bring that shift into the
treatment room!!!
-Ronald Alexander, Executive
Director of the Open Mind Training Institute, Santa Monica,
California, Author of Wise Mind Open Mind, Finding Purpose
and Meaning in Times of Crisis, Loss and Change.
“I am so pleased to see this
inspiring work my friends Richard, Dennis, and Robert have done
in making these mindfulness practices more accessible and useful
for therapists, helping others to heal and become more fully
functional members of our communities. This ancient inner
technology is an exciting new wave bound to enrich the Western
sciences of the mind.”
-Stephen K. Hayes, founder of To
Shin Do, author of Action Meditation and How to Own
the World.
Mindfulness in Clinical Practice
is a clear, useful, practical guide to understanding both the
ancient and the new approaches to mindfulness. Given the recent
emphasis in cognitive behavioral therapies on using mindfulness,
this book will help the clinician understand what mindfulness
is, how it is reflected in different CBT approaches, and how it
can be readily implemented. The authors each bring their unique
experience and voice to a helpful guide that clinicians will
value.
-Robert Leahy, Ph.D., Director,
American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, author of Cognitive
Therapy Techniques and The Worry Cure.
This book beautifully and
skillfully weaves a clear understanding of the nature of
mindfulness into the ways it is used in a variety of recent
therapies. It offers clear examples of mindful practices, how to
use them clinically and with well researched evidence in
support. An important work at an important time, easy to read,
useful and highly informative.
-Prof Paul Gilbert OBE, author of
The Compassionate Mind
“This is a much needed and useful
book for clinicians interested in mindfulness by clinicians that
are steeped in its practice. It is clear and comprehensive and
includes a CD which is experiential. I recommend it for every
clinician who’s curious about mindfulness and wants to apply it
in their clinical practice.”
-Elana Rosenbaum, MS, MSW, Board
Certified Clinical Social Worker, author, Here for Now:
Living Well with Cancer through Mindfulness, adjunct faculty
and senior teacher at the Center for Mindfulness, University of
Massachusetts Medical School.
This book fulfills two critical needs and belongs on the
bookshelf of any researcher, clinician, or student interested
integrating mindfulness into their work.
First, as mindfulness grows in popularity beyond individuals who
have really taken time to study, there are risks. One that has
troubled me is people using mindfulness as a "feel good" tonic.
This is a slippery slope--in part because mindfulness makes a
decent tonic. The problem is that mindfulness used as a
feel-good tonic limits access to the more substantial gifts
mindfulness has to offer. Mindfulness is not a place to hide
from life, to seek relief from life. The more substantial gift
of mindfulness is wakeful, enriched, engagement in day-to-day
living. This book shows excellent sensitivity to this very
tricky issue.
Second, the authors sought to provide a book that responds to
the question “If I could read just one book about mindfulness,
what would you recommend?” They did so with depth, style,
nuance, and care. The authors provide a thoughtful overview of
mindfulness as it emerges in a variety of
empirically-responsible treatment models. The book is deep
without being burdensome. It shows the nuances of the models
without engaging in needless fights or controversy. If you are
interested in mindfulness in modern science-based psychological
therapies, buy this book. It is a gem.
-Kelly Wilson, Ph.D., author of Mindfulness for Two and
Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to Life
Liberated from Anxiety.
This book is a unique and
valuable resource for clinicians. The authors clearly come from
rich personal histories of mindfulness and clinical practice,
and offer a clear, well-organized overview of mindfulness in
Western psychology. This single book provides a practical,
straightforward discussion of the roots, research, and clinical
applications of mindfulness, in language accessible to a wide
audience. The authors discuss specific mindfulness traditions,
current treatment programs, and common underlying theories and
practices. Clinical and case examples and excerpted dialogue
provide clear illustrations of how clinicians might integrate
mindfulness practices into both group and individual therapy.
-Sarah Bowen, Ph.D., author of
Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention
for Addictive Behaviors: A Clinician's Guide
If you want to know how mindfulness skills can be helpful to
your clients, Mindfulness in Clinical Practice provides a
comprehensive answer. This solid, easy-to-read synthesis of
mindfulness research creates a broad knowledge base for new and
experienced clinicians. The book explains the value of
bringing mindfulness skills into the therapy room and clearly
outlines how it can help your clients grow and heal.
-Susan Albers, PsyD, author of Eating Mindfully; Eat, Drink &
Be Mindful; and Mindful Eating 101
www.eatingmindfully.com
This book provides remarkably
thorough yet clear and concise coverage of the leading
mindfulness-based interventions. Conceptual background,
treatment strategies, empirical support, and numerous
interesting clinical considerations are all discussed in ways
that will be helpful and interesting for all levels of
expertise.
-Ruth Baer, PhD, author of Assessing Mindfulness & Acceptance
Processes in Clients and Mindfulness-Based Treatment
Approaches
If you are looking for the
authoritative book on mindfulness and psychotherapy, here it is.
In this intimate, accessible and comprehensive volume, the
authors’ deep wisdom and practice experience emerge compelling
us to consider ways to apply mindfulness so as to relieve our
clients’ suffering. Regardless of prior exposure to or grounding
in mindfulness, the reader will find Mindfulness in Clinical
Practice immensely useful and informative for its concrete
examples, sample exercises, and clear, insightful exploration
regarding the interface of mindfulness and cognitive behavioral
therapy.
Andrew Bein, Ph.D., LCSW
Professor of Social Work,
California State University, Sacramento
Author of: The Zen of Helping: Spiritual Principles for
Mindful and Open-Hearted Practice
Mindfulness in Clinical Practice
is filled with accessible overviews of research-based programs
woven into a beautiful and coherent summary of how various
approaches to mindfulness can inform and transform
psychotherapeutic interventions. Sears, Tirch and Denton have
provided a wonderful and important gift to the clinical
community that offers deep wisdom and practical steps to help
people move from suffering to well-being. A clear and concise
guide, this book is sure to find a welcome home on the shelves
of therapists from a wide range of disciplines seeking more
effective ways to bring healing into their work and into the
world.
Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. Author,
The Mindful Therapist: A clinician’s guide to mindsight
and neural integration; and Mindsight: The new
science of personal transformation.